she is wearing a
turtleneck in the summer
to hide fresh bruises
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fingerprint necklace
one of many abuses
that she covers up
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she can’t tell her friends
not that she has many left
he made sure of that
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she doesn’t know why
she keeps making him so mad
she must do better
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if he is so bad
why doesn’t she leave, you ask
you don’t understand
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he loves her so much
he feels terrible after
says it’s the last time
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and she loves him too
so she lives this way
in spite of herself
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Melanie Thomason
Artists4Peace 
Sigh. We need to tell girls not to fall into these traps. Educate them young so they don’t mistake violence and brutality for love. Should begin early…taught in school. Maybe if boys were taught IN SCHOOL that they had no right to beat girls and girls should NEVER allow themselves to be beaten, things would change, even for a few.
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Yes, i think that should be on the curriculum. A more necessary life skill than many things currently being taught.
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